Macri likely to walk the plank as Argentina continues to flounder

People walk past a poster of Mauricio Macri, incumbent president of Argentina, in Buenos Aires Pic: Getty

In 2015, Mauricio Macri was elected president of Argentina on a wave of optimism that he was the man who would finally turn this wonderful but chaotic country’s fortunes around. Four years and one ill-judged International Monetary Fund (IMF) intervention later, opinion polls suggest he is likely to be ousted when Argentinians choose their next president a week from today.

The IMF and Argentina are locked in a fatal embrace. The country has ...